but Nairn own backing of the bills was all that was wanted but since then I was offered a good price for the ewes 25/ per head to be left on the run for 6 year 3/ per cent taken of for death and 45/ per cent increase given 1/9 for wooll on all shearable sheep. If I sold at that price and sold 30/ rams it would leave the 1300/ wethers at about ten shilling per head and when the wooll came of then they would onley stand me at about 6 per head and you may se they would be cheap at that now it is best to make the sheep pay for themselfe all at once or borrow money and at interest there is between 8 or 9 thousand sheep on the run at the present time and about